Yeah I did a cross country trip a few years ago. I’m a black guy so I had a few misgivings, but I figured I’ll only have a couple opportunities in my life to actually do the drive so I said fuck it. There were a few places I was nervous to get gas (modified turbo Subarus have terrible fuel economy so I was stopping…

This was a weird article and I think it was pretty tone deaf. Unless he’s omitting something, he was never in any real danger. It felt like kind of a slap in the face as someone who might *actually* be a victim of a hate crime - a relatively flamboyant black city boy. What are his concerns? That someone might think he…

B6 S4 Wagon with the timing chain already done. Black with the black/white alcantara seats. Manual. It was $11k back in 2013. I had just started my first job and had spent the months leading up to it trying to fix my credit from being a broke college kid. Evidently I didn’t do enough because I only qualified for a…

If I ever decided I needed a whole lot of car, this is exactly where I’d go. Give me a sprinter van or Bisimoto’s Odyssey any day over a truck

Comfort is a big motivator for console, as well as having multiple simultaneous users. I suppose I could hook my PC up to my TV, but I use my PC for computer things as well, including work. Not to mention I have PC friends without consoles and vice-versa. PS5 and PC would make more sense arguably, but there just…

I loved NFS Heat, but from what I’ve gathered most of the credit for how good it is should go to Ghost Games (who’ve stopped supporting it unfortunately). Arcade driving with a cheesy story and enough races, cars, and modifications to keep me entertained. I hadn’t played a NFS game since Pro Street (I absolutely loved…

It’s super frustrating. The whole premise of this article is that we’re full of contradictions. We can be critical of things we like, or even be free to like shit that we know is bad. We all do it. But there’s always somebody who has to draw a line in the sand, justifying the “bad” thing that they like as “good…

Have you ever tried to actually use one of those? They’ve always been horrible I also happen to live where the frequencies they use are taken by radio stations. It also doesn’t really solve the hands free part.

This is great for old cars. I did a version of it on everything except the Genesis Coupe I owned since it had both bluetooth and the ability to play music via USB. The issue is for stuff newer than like 2010 but before Carplay/Android Auto was really a thing. 

See my other response. I was wrong as hell about the Philly thing, but it was sort of besides the point.

Shifting the goalposts a bit, but we don’t live in center city, and likely won’t start driving cars into center city either unless it’s necessary. Home charging is an option for us thankfully. I guess the real issue is road trips and me not being crazy about how Teslas look. 

Yeah I’m probably with you on that. They’re all proprietary since everyone thinks they can do it the best which means in 10 years it’ll be impossible to fix. I don’t really need a touch screen. Just show me what would be on my phone and let me use voice commands, or have robust bluetooth integration and I’ll just use…

I asked my girlfriend about this since she’ll be looking to replace her Versa around the time EV’s start becoming relatively common. She’s all in on hybrids, but in Philly I don’t think there’s any public charging anywhere at all. Plus we love road trips. Unless used Teslas start popping up (and turn out to be…

Except in cars where HVAC and infotainment are one in the same. This is not a universal fix

I refuse to buy a car without some way of hearing audio from my phone, be it music or GPS. This is only really a problem because I buy used. I’m not really into the radio, and having to have my phone volume cranked all the way up, only to have GPS interrupted by an incoming call is such a hassle. Carplay/android auto…

The name’s Exeter - Doug Exeter. 

No doubt about that, but the lack of drama from ICE sounds could definitely be made up by g-forces in this case

I’d love to see somebody get to Golf R levels of quickness/fun out of this even though it’s about a foot longer apparently.

So...what is it gonna take to make this thing quick? It’s screaming hot hatch at me

I think that’s sort of the point. This is a AAA studio putting out and charging money for what is effectively mod-level effort content.